On Friday California’s Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, decided to actually call gay marriage, marriage instead of some other term that means exactly the same thing.

Hilarity ensued.

This is part two of three of a series on gay marriage. In this part I try and fail to figure out why the California decision is such a ground breaking step for same sex couples.

On Friday California’s Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, decided to actually call gay marriage, marriage instead of some other term that means exactly the same thing.

Hilarity ensued.

This is part one of three of a series on gay marriage. In this part I explore why marriage is even an issue and why states have the right to decide who can and cannot get married.